Indianapolis Childrens Museum

Tom took the boys to the Childrens Museum one day when I was a work a few weeks ago. They love it there!

On the road in Haiti

On our last day of clinic we went to a church in a different direction than we usually travel to do our clinic. I love to see more of Haiti. It was interesting to drive on different roads and see different things.

Images from Chambrun

After church we walked around the town of Chambrun. I love this day and seeing everyone.

Flamanda

I was able to see Flamanda and my friends in Chambrun on Sunday at church. Flamanda looks good except her head is exactly the same size as when I returned her the end of December. It is not getting any bigger but it should be shrinking. I left her info with the people from GAIN that are helping NVM in Haiti. They are supposed to be checking to see if we can get her a shunt in Haiti. Since the earthquake there are a few more options in Haiti for treatment if they are still there. I have not heard back from them yet.
I was sad to see this. We knew that there was a chance her ETV drainage hole would not stay open and I would guess it has closed off. Im praying she can get treated there. If not we will begin working on finding someone to put in a shunt here.

Girls washing dishes in very dirty water.

A lot of people like to just sit around and watch clinic. We had several young boys this day.

Adorable and all cheeks!

This was a different IDP camp that had less than ideal location to do a clinic in. It was so hot that day but we made it work. This camp didnt have any regular tents. They were still living in sticks and tarps, sheets and lots of garbage. Probably one of the worse ones we saw. I would say almost every girl age 15 to 40 got treated for STD's that day. It was sad.

Getting ready to set up another tent

I begged these girls to let me take their photo. I love watching them do hair. It is a big part of their culture!

I love the faces of the elderly in Haiti. Such a hard life and to reach this age is amazing.

Seriously, can you get any cuter than this??

Look! No translator!

I was able to almost independently translate in the pharmacy! My Creole is getting better.

Haiti photos

This woman went through the clinic. At the end she started praising god and waving her hands in the air. I wasnt sure why she was so excited. Everyone took note of her as she was pretty verbal. She proceeded to tell the translators that this was her first time to ever in her life be treated by a medical team! Can you believe that. She had 8 children all in her home. She was late 80's. Unbelievable! She was quite a character. It was a great day.

Some Haitian cuties!

Tent cities

This was the first day clinic in an IDP camp.

Been home for a while

Sorry I havent posted about my trip yet. I had a good trip. We worked in IDP camps every day instead of Chambrun. I missed being in Chambrun but there is such a huge need in the camps and we had great days every day. We had a very small team this time but were still able to treat about 500 people that week. The team was mostly from East Point Christian Church and they were sooo nice. They adopted us right away and we all worked together. The men worked in Chambrun every day on concrete mostly and the women all went to the clinics.
Thanks for all your prayers and support. I most likely wont return to Haiti with NVM for a while. I dont know what Hands That Heal has in store for the immediate future. We have several children to work on but the process for medical visas is even more difficult than before.
Our family is doing great. Since I am not working every weekend anymore we have been able to go back to regular worship on top of our small group. Nick does great in the special class for him. We are so thankful for it and Jer has been joining us in the regular service and seems to enjoy it.
Steph